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There's always something interesting and noteworthy going on at UC's College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology, from innovative instruction to compelling research to exciting events and presentations. 

CECH is dedicated to telling the stories of the world-changers and community builders who make this college such an amazing place to study and work, and the CECH Headlines page is our dedicated platform for UC News articles, CECH Chats podcasts, video stories, college-level blog entries and more. Scroll on to see what's up at CECH! 

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Love, Emma makes functional, fashionable clothing for young women with disabilities

February 13, 2026

Emma Biros, an alum of UC's Special Education program, never wanted to be a teacher. Rather, she aimed to make the world a better place for people living with disabilities. She fell in love with transition work while working in CECH's IDD Education Center, which led her to a position with a local non-profit, Genesis at Work. Today, Biros is launching her Love, Emma line of adaptive clothing designed to make functional fashionable for young women with disabilities.

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UC Alumni Association names top alumni award winners

February 12, 2026

The University of Cincinnati Alumni Association has announced this year’s recipients of its highest honors for UC alumni. The 2026 honorees include: Vinod K. Dham, CEAS ’77; Thomas D. Cassady, A&S ’76, Hon ’19; Padma Chebrolu, CECH ’92; Ryan C. Marable, PharmD, Phar ’13. Each year, the UC Alumni Association (UCAA) honors a select few of its more than 360,000 alumni based on their career accomplishments and contributions to the university and community, recognizing them during Alumni Week festivities each spring.


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Episode 8

In this episode of CECH Chats, we welcome John Kelly, a 2012 graduate of UC's Master of Education program, whose career journey has taken a very interesting path. A bookish kid growing up, the author of MashedRadish.com went on to study English in undergraduate school, then, with a plan to become an educator, he pursued and completed graduate work at UC's School of Education. Life had other plans for John though, and he eventually found himself in a VP role at Dictionary.com. Today, though, he's back in front of students and pursuing a full-time career as an English teacher.

Check out more episodes of "CECH Chats" to hear from faculty, students and staff doing amazing work at UC's College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services and Information Technology


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